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we could not have done that if we had not been able to utilize all of the land that the united states is comprised of. in order to do this, it took people to go out and map the roads, telegraph lines, and explored the best places to live and everything. all of this was accompanied by our armed forces, the u.s. cavalry and infantry. buffalo soldiers were key elements of that effort. i think that when people find out about the efforts of the buffalo soldiers, they appreciate more about how we became a great nation, and all of this happened right after the civil war right up until the end of the 20th century. >> many of your titles, all of them are biographies. they tell stories about people. why are you attracted to people stories? >> i think that people stories are important because most people don't envision black americans doing things that everyone else does. when you see their stories, which are just like anyone else's story, you get an idea of our common humanity and understanding that these are fellow citizens. they are not exotic creatures. they are fellow citizens and trying to
we could not have done that if we had not been able to utilize all of the land that the united states is comprised of. in order to do this, it took people to go out and map the roads, telegraph lines, and explored the best places to live and everything. all of this was accompanied by our armed forces, the u.s. cavalry and infantry. buffalo soldiers were key elements of that effort. i think that when people find out about the efforts of the buffalo soldiers, they appreciate more about how we...
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as a one response is, this german publication that, of course, the jews in the united states. very uncomplimentary photo that they found summer of laguardia to enjoy food at a picnic and they found the nastiest picture of him, and the whole point is, look at this you, the mayor of new york, and this is why we are on the march or are going to be on the march, and this kind of went back and forth across the atlantic for several years. .. during summer school. >> delarosa is out on bail tonight. he misspoke in the detention center and cucamonga -- were actually at war with the act trieste. ibm of the work, send the make 400,000 new yorkers to play each and the devils defense initiatives either as neighborhood wargames, were atrial sirs scanning the skies or bombers. my father-in-law did this as a 13-year-old in brooklyn. i have not posted in elmhurst queens. he had a home at like these guys did. they had la guardia were soaking up the sensors. and in fact, this is a civil defense poster from world war ii. do not see student want 25 new york. hitler was very clear about it, there'
as a one response is, this german publication that, of course, the jews in the united states. very uncomplimentary photo that they found summer of laguardia to enjoy food at a picnic and they found the nastiest picture of him, and the whole point is, look at this you, the mayor of new york, and this is why we are on the march or are going to be on the march, and this kind of went back and forth across the atlantic for several years. .. during summer school. >> delarosa is out on bail...
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states congress in legislation that i introduced, and we placed her in the united states capitol just a few years ago with the support of all the members of the congressional black caucus, and certainly, at that time, senator hillary clinton. we can do things, together, collaborate, but never leave who we are outside the door for the history is too precious to leave behind. thank you congressman and congresswoman. [applause] with that note, another round of applause for our sponsor, congresswoman wilson. [applause] thank you, all, for this wonderful program and have a wonderful black history month. [applause] >> you're watching 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on c-span2's booktv. >> coming up next, the history of the occupy wall street movement written by 60 activists who were central to its creation. seven of the contributors of the book to read selections from it and answer audience questions. this is just under an hour. >> thanks to kgb for hosting this evening. and i just wanted to say a little bit about the first experience that we had when we were putting this book toge
states congress in legislation that i introduced, and we placed her in the united states capitol just a few years ago with the support of all the members of the congressional black caucus, and certainly, at that time, senator hillary clinton. we can do things, together, collaborate, but never leave who we are outside the door for the history is too precious to leave behind. thank you congressman and congresswoman. [applause] with that note, another round of applause for our sponsor,...
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in 1825, the united states were still plural and few, not a singular nation state, but sovereign states with a constitutionally limited federal government. as late as 1855 walt whitman proclaimed, quote, "the united states with vaining full of poetical stuff," and lincoln declared they changed the grammar and perception in the 1860s. in 1825, the sea to shining sea continental nation, a patriotic song, still a dream. the land was vast, and control of it was limited. the louisiana territory was purchased two decades earlier, but remained unorganized. mexico's north stretch from the sabine river on the gulf of mexico to the 42nd parallel on the pacific ocean what is now texas, arizona, new mexico, utah, nevada, california, colorado, oklahoma, and kansas. the pacific northwest was open country. back east, the appalachian mountain range guarding the interior from south carolina who what was recently maine threatened to confine the great american experiment to the atlantic sea board. the allegiance of the several transstates was unproven. there, settlers looked west down valleys to the might
in 1825, the united states were still plural and few, not a singular nation state, but sovereign states with a constitutionally limited federal government. as late as 1855 walt whitman proclaimed, quote, "the united states with vaining full of poetical stuff," and lincoln declared they changed the grammar and perception in the 1860s. in 1825, the sea to shining sea continental nation, a patriotic song, still a dream. the land was vast, and control of it was limited. the louisiana...
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i said surely somebody the united states tried to bring that here. it took me four months going through footnotes, archives, met internal documents to eventually find north and to get where. and place started the book and it makes me sound twisted as a professor of of journalism i have always been interested in boys and. [laughter] i always wanted to look at -- write a book. we live in a world of chemistry. constantly exposed to chemical compounds and most do us no harm. those that do, have to be really clever to figure out a way to unlock the defenses of the body. that is what set me off on the request. i want to do have the handbook of 47. every chapter is a poison. want to tell the story how we could catch a point* it is in killer pritzker at the turn of the 20th century breed did not know how to do that. this city of the york issued a report saying the prisoner can operate without impunity. i was interested in how we would change that. >> some of you have already answered but why this particular subject, a totally unknown to us, formation of the
i said surely somebody the united states tried to bring that here. it took me four months going through footnotes, archives, met internal documents to eventually find north and to get where. and place started the book and it makes me sound twisted as a professor of of journalism i have always been interested in boys and. [laughter] i always wanted to look at -- write a book. we live in a world of chemistry. constantly exposed to chemical compounds and most do us no harm. those that do, have to...
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he was vice president of the united states. and they asked burr to lead new york in succession from the united states in joint new england by the story would also suck succeed and they would create new country. burr he declined to do that. there were many movements out west. at that time ohio, county, tennessee over the appalachian mountains. people there didn't feel connected people on the eastern part of the country. they had been talking about creating their own nation. they needed to have good relationships with spain. they needed to send it through new orleans which was controlled by spain for much of the time. indeed, the notion of success was so deeply entrenched president jefferson wrote in two different letters. i was shocked find it. in two different letters he could describe what was bland indifference of the country breaking into two. i'm going to quote, whether we refrain one confederacy or conform to atlantic and mississippi conform seis. i believe not very important happiness of either part. those of the western
he was vice president of the united states. and they asked burr to lead new york in succession from the united states in joint new england by the story would also suck succeed and they would create new country. burr he declined to do that. there were many movements out west. at that time ohio, county, tennessee over the appalachian mountains. people there didn't feel connected people on the eastern part of the country. they had been talking about creating their own nation. they needed to have...
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states. this is about 15 minutes. bo o c- 2,we tallarasiso with professors that are also authors. this week we are at colombia university in new york city. now joining us is history of professore hefy. o heuthoof ts new book, new netherland and the dutch origins of american religious
states. this is about 15 minutes. bo o c- 2,we tallarasiso with professors that are also authors. this week we are at colombia university in new york city. now joining us is history of professore hefy. o heuthoof ts new book, new netherland and the dutch origins of american religious
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the thread is here in the united states. the muslim brotherhood your right as i mentioned to top and be representatives were invited in to the white house. president wishes in a second term to make the mistaks and start doing the outreach to the muslim brotherhood in other islamist groups bringing them in. the fbi, cia, white house. the infiltration has been going on for quite a while this is very serious business. we need a president who's going to take this on and not worry about political correct this. one of the huge reasons for in this nice as against president bush and president obama come all those for say the different reasons, but the political correctness aspect has driven a lot of it. but, with this is not a war against islam is so on. we need a president and leadership here who can identify who is the enemy, was his friend and how are going to deal with it. bill o'reilly asked barack obama not this last super bowl, but the super bowl before when he was interviewing him at the white house. mr. president, is the mu
the thread is here in the united states. the muslim brotherhood your right as i mentioned to top and be representatives were invited in to the white house. president wishes in a second term to make the mistaks and start doing the outreach to the muslim brotherhood in other islamist groups bringing them in. the fbi, cia, white house. the infiltration has been going on for quite a while this is very serious business. we need a president who's going to take this on and not worry about political...
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we have not been able to utilize all of the land mass the united states comprised of and in order to do this it took people to to go out there and matt roads and telegraph lines and explore the best places to live and everything. all of this was accompanied by armed forces, u.s. cavalry and infantry and buffalo soldiers were key efforts and when people find out about the efforts of the buffalo soldiers they appreciate more about how we became a great nation and all of this happened, and the advent of the 20th century. >> host: so many of your titles, brothers in arms, and profiles of courage are biographies. they tell stories through people. why are you attracted to people stories? >> guest: people's stories are important because most people don't envision black americans doing the things everyone else does. their story is just like everyone else's story. you get an idea of our common humanity and understand these are our fellow citizens. fellow citizens trying to do the same thing to make this a great nation. >> host: obviously you were hoping to influence individual young people. t
we have not been able to utilize all of the land mass the united states comprised of and in order to do this it took people to to go out there and matt roads and telegraph lines and explore the best places to live and everything. all of this was accompanied by armed forces, u.s. cavalry and infantry and buffalo soldiers were key efforts and when people find out about the efforts of the buffalo soldiers they appreciate more about how we became a great nation and all of this happened, and the...
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it's hard to get around the united states. to go from new york city to albany, new york, if you took a hours, that would take you three days, on our own horse or a coach. if you took a boat up the hudson, that would take three days if the wind was right. if the wind was bad it could take you a couple -- ten days to get from new york city to albany. and now on a train it's like, what, few hours. so, yes, there are restrictions that come from not being able to get around. but the flip writing assumes reading. it goes back to that question of, you know, a tree falling in the forest of there's no one to hear it. you know, if you've written a really wonderful novel than one of the parts of the process is that you want the readers to be enlarged and enriched by it and you have to pull on everything at your disposal. >>> what are you reading this summer? book tv wants to know. >> this summer i want to read the book by robert draper. it's sort of an inside look house speaker's and that he'd heard a freshman in the conference there's g
it's hard to get around the united states. to go from new york city to albany, new york, if you took a hours, that would take you three days, on our own horse or a coach. if you took a boat up the hudson, that would take three days if the wind was right. if the wind was bad it could take you a couple -- ten days to get from new york city to albany. and now on a train it's like, what, few hours. so, yes, there are restrictions that come from not being able to get around. but the flip writing...
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. >> this chance to run for president of the united states, i never imagined i'd do it. i mean, you know, this is just a very strange and unusual thing to be in the middle of. one of the -- i mean, i was just a high school kid like everybody else with skinny legs. you know, i imagine i'd be in business all my career. >> how does that square with what you just told us in your reporting? >> it doesn't square entirely to be completely frank. the idea he was just another high school kid was not the way other people might see it it. he went to one of the most elite prep school necessary bloomfield hills when his father was governor of michigan. it's not the typical upbringing of most people. he lived in a rarified climate, i'm not saying that in a negative way, it wasn't typical for a lot of people. maybe that is the way he sees it. when you are looking at it, hopefully a fair biography, that is not typical and shaped the kind of person he was. so, i'm sure it is difficult for everyone to imagine running for president, but more than most people, probably something he thought
. >> this chance to run for president of the united states, i never imagined i'd do it. i mean, you know, this is just a very strange and unusual thing to be in the middle of. one of the -- i mean, i was just a high school kid like everybody else with skinny legs. you know, i imagine i'd be in business all my career. >> how does that square with what you just told us in your reporting? >> it doesn't square entirely to be completely frank. the idea he was just another high...
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the case recently where a man came from ireland to the united states. omnd of a complicated story. cfr he didn't know that this was his daughter, she says she is in love with her father, it's ato true story. there is a story about a brother and sister wanted to getimpregn. married.ried there was a question on this a couple weeks ago, and they got dead silence. they were not answer. please, would you please answer the question -- do you want to discriminate inouye see, i do want to discriminate on behalf of marriage between a man and woman. it is not a hypothetical in thee courts, it is not okay for them to get married.t hnce you take away tradition and the idea of procreation as au le centralft argument, when he left with? you can't say tradition, now, tom dick and harry. i'm simply saying that either marriage between a man and woman is an alternative lifestyle, to treat would you treat equal to everything else, or it is special. a lot of people who are wr cohabitating, they don't get ven married but they want that. marriage benefits. they say what is wrong with giving the same ben
the case recently where a man came from ireland to the united states. omnd of a complicated story. cfr he didn't know that this was his daughter, she says she is in love with her father, it's ato true story. there is a story about a brother and sister wanted to getimpregn. married.ried there was a question on this a couple weeks ago, and they got dead silence. they were not answer. please, would you please answer the question -- do you want to discriminate inouye see, i do want to discriminate...
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impact of the united states entry to the war. the united states was part of the war effort from the beginning because we were selling large amounts of armaments to britain and france, not to germany and much of those sales on credit. because they were on credit, one impact of the war was to make the united states enormously wealthy because everybody ended up owing us money at the end of the war. militarily the u.s. entered the war in april of 1917, about a year and six months before the end. there was an enormous psychological boost for the our eyes when they u.s. entered. there wasn't much direct military effect immediately except on the oceans because of the u.s. had a surprisingly small standing army at that time. we did have quite a large navy which joined the british in hunting down german submarines. large numbers of american troops didn't begin arriving in france until may or june of 1918 and then they did have a considerable impact because the germans had launched a sort of desperate do or die offensive in march of 1918 w
impact of the united states entry to the war. the united states was part of the war effort from the beginning because we were selling large amounts of armaments to britain and france, not to germany and much of those sales on credit. because they were on credit, one impact of the war was to make the united states enormously wealthy because everybody ended up owing us money at the end of the war. militarily the u.s. entered the war in april of 1917, about a year and six months before the end....
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states. before that, he was at the economic policy institute, and earlier, at the department of labor. and last, in the middle, michael grabell, who has written a fabulous book, "money well spent." i strongly strongly urge you to read it. in the sunday review section of "the new york times", yesterday, he had a review, and we are very proud of his work. in this book, he has been a reporter for us since 2008. earlier, was a reporter at the dallas morning news. and he is also a finalist for the livingston award for a fine journalist. i would also like to thank my friend in the former lieutenant governor of the state of new york. thank you all for coming, and away we go. [applause] [applause] >> three years ago today, congress passed the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009. it was about this time that the house had already passed a bill period we were waiting for senator sharad brown to return from his mother's weight. the bill contained about $300 billion in tax cuts, $200 in spendin
states. before that, he was at the economic policy institute, and earlier, at the department of labor. and last, in the middle, michael grabell, who has written a fabulous book, "money well spent." i strongly strongly urge you to read it. in the sunday review section of "the new york times", yesterday, he had a review, and we are very proud of his work. in this book, he has been a reporter for us since 2008. earlier, was a reporter at the dallas morning news. and he is also...
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but william howard taft, the capstone after his presidency was becoming chief justice of the united states and he says this up and thought the court would greatly benefit from the ability to write his own ticket, create its own docket, not have to take every case it came along. so under his leadership, his urging congress passed in 1929 what is known as the judges bill and gave the court we have the supreme court access illegal agenda for the country. >> in his new book on the rodney king recounts his life following the bd recorder and it is beating by los angeles police. mr. king talks about his own legal problems and alcohol addiction since then as well as the acquittal of four police officers in the case which led to rioting and los angeles. on tuesday, rodney king speaks in harlem, new york city. booktv will bring you the event live online at 630 eastern go to booktv.org and click the watch button under the events in future programs. also check television schedule of tv.org for air times of the event. annan but tv, richard epstein argues for return to a smaller, more accountable federa
but william howard taft, the capstone after his presidency was becoming chief justice of the united states and he says this up and thought the court would greatly benefit from the ability to write his own ticket, create its own docket, not have to take every case it came along. so under his leadership, his urging congress passed in 1929 what is known as the judges bill and gave the court we have the supreme court access illegal agenda for the country. >> in his new book on the rodney king...
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ouehe muslim brotherhood is a direct threat to the united states. my view of governor romney, a effort andalouis ve o e of htits o t y rht we just have to -- look, he's going to be aired gazillion times better than barack obama anyway in a million different ways, but we have toe tha ce hes a he to ot o tslishat teden snyay. we see it here in new york city with the best cnter-terrorism department apart fro the fbi and the cia yoe gupsheyoue lisry tth try attack it. so we need leaders in this country. thankod for police commissioner ray kelly in ne york to vested up to them. [applaus n wt ihat edntrom tow aai pic ecs a dny desire to protect and preserve the united states because this is a threat. this is a threat. our constitution isot bledr. 'sny. videheor cry rumsfd,ho rngs, as then that same question over and over again. is this a threat of religiously based threat that is cing in under the radareeki to is citn or neth cea . eyugwi don't think that the enemy doesn't know it. so we need a president to m instincts thatnes ston xcle thhy. shrgh >> hi.
ouehe muslim brotherhood is a direct threat to the united states. my view of governor romney, a effort andalouis ve o e of htits o t y rht we just have to -- look, he's going to be aired gazillion times better than barack obama anyway in a million different ways, but we have toe tha ce hes a he to ot o tslishat teden snyay. we see it here in new york city with the best cnter-terrorism department apart fro the fbi and the cia yoe gupsheyoue lisry tth try attack it. so we need leaders in this...
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the rate of child poverty in the united states of america, we should be shamed that a nation this strong has child poverty, and kids in poverty don't have the access to success, good education, nutritionally fit to learn, material ready to learn, and that's the lie or that's the incompleteness we have to address. when kids stand up in certain neighborhoods and kids stand up in affluent neighborhoods, and they say those words, "liberty and justice for all," when they pledge allegiance to the flag, that should be a command, should be a compelling aspiration, and there should be a conscious conviction amongst us to make that real, but right now, we are lacking that sense of or jen ji, and we can't sit around waiting on elected leaders to do it. when i think about elected movements in america, i don't think they were led to elected officials. elected officials respond to the leadership on the ground. that's what we should be doing. when we think about voting conversations to debate, how can we have an entire presidential debate, and seems that the word "poverty" was almost something we shoul
the rate of child poverty in the united states of america, we should be shamed that a nation this strong has child poverty, and kids in poverty don't have the access to success, good education, nutritionally fit to learn, material ready to learn, and that's the lie or that's the incompleteness we have to address. when kids stand up in certain neighborhoods and kids stand up in affluent neighborhoods, and they say those words, "liberty and justice for all," when they pledge allegiance...
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also significantly, of uncle ted by this time was president of the united states. here in this pause for a minute to examine briefly just how theodore roosevelt got to be president because it bears directly on franklin subsequent career. around the time that franklin was preparing his notes the door had been running the police department in new york city. having a grand time reading of corruption. the powers that be in the republican party decided he was becoming a nuisance. so they looked around for a job they could offer him to get him out of new york. someone remembered theodore had written a book about the war of 1812. interested in a job as assistant secretary of the navy? he jumped at the chance. only weeks after he was sworn in the spanish-american war broke out. the door immediately quit the navy department, created the rough riders, sailed to cuba and became a hero. then only months later he was elected governor of new york and a year after that vice-president . under mckinley, president. all happened almost as fast as i can recounted. needless to say, the
also significantly, of uncle ted by this time was president of the united states. here in this pause for a minute to examine briefly just how theodore roosevelt got to be president because it bears directly on franklin subsequent career. around the time that franklin was preparing his notes the door had been running the police department in new york city. having a grand time reading of corruption. the powers that be in the republican party decided he was becoming a nuisance. so they looked...
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it has the energies of the people and the interests of the people of the united states. we have seen the program grope and seen it grow into a healthy child. this to me is a personal highlight i'll never forget. those are the three i would have. >> the voice of captain george bond, a great american character who has been my privilege to kind of introduce and get people better acquainted with. he was right. the program would go on. there would be sealab iii. which ended prematurely in tragedy, which i described in my book for the first time there was an investigation, and ultimately navy decided to shut the program down. dr. bond spoke of having the support of the people of the united states. that was a little overstated. he was kind of hoping that was the case, and as i sort of suggest in the book, the media around sealab was limited. a little buried in the headlines. it was -- by the time of sealab ii and sealab iii, it was greater, but had the people of the united states rallied behind sealab, we might have seen more today, but that wasn't the case, and after the navy
it has the energies of the people and the interests of the people of the united states. we have seen the program grope and seen it grow into a healthy child. this to me is a personal highlight i'll never forget. those are the three i would have. >> the voice of captain george bond, a great american character who has been my privilege to kind of introduce and get people better acquainted with. he was right. the program would go on. there would be sealab iii. which ended prematurely in...
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there are to the a lot of programs in the united states. we know of just a handful part of a homeless youth program and we think more of that would create real opportunity for kids because, you probably know that if you look at the labor statistics, kids with a high school dip home are much more likely to find employment though unemployment rate is high for young people and much more likely to find work than young people that don't have a high school diploma. getting kids on the bridge to opportunity involves working with high schools and homeless young people. young people that are homeless in this city are offering us a master class in invisibility, arrivedding is subway all night long. hanging out in doughnut shops. this is true for all the young people we wrote about in anchorage and new orleans. we have to first acknowledge there are millions of homeless young people in the united states going out of way not to be seen and picked off and understand that if we want to help those kids achieve the great promise of their future we have to
there are to the a lot of programs in the united states. we know of just a handful part of a homeless youth program and we think more of that would create real opportunity for kids because, you probably know that if you look at the labor statistics, kids with a high school dip home are much more likely to find employment though unemployment rate is high for young people and much more likely to find work than young people that don't have a high school diploma. getting kids on the bridge to...
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we could not have done that if we had not been able to utilize all of the land that the united states is comprised of. in order to do this, it took people to go out and map the roads, telegraph lines, and explored the best places to live and everything. all of this was accompanied by our armed forces, th
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it's hard to get around the united states. to go from new york city to albany, new york, if you took a hours, that would take you three days, on our own horse or a coach. if you took a boat up the hudson, that would take three days if the wind was right. if the wind was bad it could take you a couple -- ten days to get from new york city to albany. and now on a train it's like, what, few hours. so, yes, there are restrictions that come from not being able to get around. but the flip >> it is about finding a your place in the world and growing up. dick and jane smith met shortly after they moved to the cities. sparks flew. declarations of love or had. rings were exchanged, and vows to follow. and then they begin to search for a home of their own. though he didn't have a college degree, he had recently found work in a high-tech industry. it promised a new age of technology for everyone. the initial public offering a few years back had been the most successful in american history. dick and jane, like the rest of the country, or c
it's hard to get around the united states. to go from new york city to albany, new york, if you took a hours, that would take you three days, on our own horse or a coach. if you took a boat up the hudson, that would take three days if the wind was right. if the wind was bad it could take you a couple -- ten days to get from new york city to albany. and now on a train it's like, what, few hours. so, yes, there are restrictions that come from not being able to get around. but the flip >> it...
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i'm not trying to say new york is the only place in the united states that this has happened. but wars have often been an occasion for unity, for cohesion. you know, we're all in this together. we've all got to win this together, so we've got to put our more parochial interests aside and pulled together to win whatever word might be. but at the same time, new york is the great magnet for immigrants, from around the world from its very earliest days in the 1620s onward has been a place where discrete, separate populations of newcomers have often brought their own political culture, their own loyalties and allegiances come in their ethnic and national religious cultures and have ended up jostling each other often. and especially at times of war, this has been the case in new york. sometimes with tragic consequences. so i'm going to start by showing you these images, starting with the civil war. and again, the book starts well before that, but this is where we're starting today. so this is april of 1861, after the confederacy fired on fort sumter in this world war began. this is
i'm not trying to say new york is the only place in the united states that this has happened. but wars have often been an occasion for unity, for cohesion. you know, we're all in this together. we've all got to win this together, so we've got to put our more parochial interests aside and pulled together to win whatever word might be. but at the same time, new york is the great magnet for immigrants, from around the world from its very earliest days in the 1620s onward has been a place where...
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lot citn of the united states, basically get rid of slavery. you eat aw at it and that is why it is easy to say everybody knew this wasrong about st ouitodyanhi cali church had a probable leading the way in the fight against slavery. we have been figing today about this other fiction that some consider a right which is ere right to kill the baby in voud. th cights issue. i object to people who say it is a matter of religion. it is biology 101. the color of my skin and color twoon aermothm dna didn't come whe a wasn't a week later. those characteristics are there. that is biology 101. everybody knows this to be true. en people like hillary clinton at s a itions s andag. isor a tragedy? there is no other competing human life while the saying goes for it? somebody says i got to get a root canal you don't say that i ybunrtathiou don't want to go through. my point isverybody knows. look at the pictes. that is the baby. i am encouraged onhis. is dfornia lasteekc th-cd pro-choice segment is now down the lowest in american history at 41% of the populat
lot citn of the united states, basically get rid of slavery. you eat aw at it and that is why it is easy to say everybody knew this wasrong about st ouitodyanhi cali church had a probable leading the way in the fight against slavery. we have been figing today about this other fiction that some consider a right which is ere right to kill the baby in voud. th cights issue. i object to people who say it is a matter of religion. it is biology 101. the color of my skin and color twoon aermothm dna...
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thank you. >> on religious liberty in the united states. this is about 15 minutes. >> on a regular basis on book tv on c-span2, we visit universities to talk with professors who are also authors. this week we are not columbia university in new york city and now joining us is a history professor at columbia, evan haefeli. professor, what is new in nederland? >> new netherland is what is often in the common known as new amsterdam but more than just the beginnings of new york, it was a big chunk of territory which technically ran from the hudson river down to the state of delaware and putting what is now pennsylvania and new jersey and most but all of new york. a cynic when was it found? when did the europeans found it? >> neverland began in the 16 20's as a colony founded by the dutch and lasted until the 16671664 it was conquered by the english. there was a series of war and the dutch recaptured the place. it became dutch for about a year in 1673, 74. then was returned by the treaty to the english. >> what are the goals when the dutch first
thank you. >> on religious liberty in the united states. this is about 15 minutes. >> on a regular basis on book tv on c-span2, we visit universities to talk with professors who are also authors. this week we are not columbia university in new york city and now joining us is a history professor at columbia, evan haefeli. professor, what is new in nederland? >> new netherland is what is often in the common known as new amsterdam but more than just the beginnings of new york, it...
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i'm asking this as a recent immigrant to the united states, you know, someone who is really concerned. thank you very much. >> guest: what a wonderful question. i appreciate that. that is really a core argument of our book that what made america great was we had this amazing public-private partnership, and the public basically provided the foundation for our market economy and our great entrepreneurs to really launch into the world. what was that public side? educated people, up and beyond whatever the technology was, have the world's best infrastructure, roads, airport, tell come, bandwidth, the open immigration here to bring you here and have the most talented immigrants, have the best rules and regulations to incement vise risk taking and prevent wrecklessness, and government funded research to push boundaries of science, research, chemistry, biology so smart risk takers turn them into new companies. that was the public side. the private side is the natural entrepreneurship. country. put that together. you get a great america, an an america that delivers on the american dream. we d
i'm asking this as a recent immigrant to the united states, you know, someone who is really concerned. thank you very much. >> guest: what a wonderful question. i appreciate that. that is really a core argument of our book that what made america great was we had this amazing public-private partnership, and the public basically provided the foundation for our market economy and our great entrepreneurs to really launch into the world. what was that public side? educated people, up and...
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. >> in 1991 the united states was the only global superpower. today how to restore it status in the world from former national security adviser brzezinski on his strategic vision tonight at 10 eastern on "after words." also this weekend on booktv, did fdr use world war ii as a cover to create a more powerful executive branch? burton and anita folsom later at 11. and sunday night at 10, the new privacy is no privacy, lori andrews on how your rights are being eroded by social networks. booktv, every weekend on c-span2. >> up next, michael kranish presents a biography of mitt rommy. mr. kranish explores mr. romney's childhood and formative years as well as his professional and political career. michael kranish discussed his book and took viewer phone calls on c-span's morning program, "washington journal." this is about an hour. rolina, along with candidate speeches and your phone calls. >> "washington journal" continues. >> and let me introduce you to michael kranish joining us from boston, co-author along with skol hellman of new biography of mit
. >> in 1991 the united states was the only global superpower. today how to restore it status in the world from former national security adviser brzezinski on his strategic vision tonight at 10 eastern on "after words." also this weekend on booktv, did fdr use world war ii as a cover to create a more powerful executive branch? burton and anita folsom later at 11. and sunday night at 10, the new privacy is no privacy, lori andrews on how your rights are being eroded by social...
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to be eligible to get into the high school you have to have lived in the united states for fewer than four years and be someone out of country, and you have to have failed an english-language assessment in order to get an. people have different opinions about whether the model works. i felt they were very successful in different and diverse as the students were they were in the same boat in that they were brand new to the country and that will not a lot of teasing and taunting that comes along with being brand new to a place especially as a teenager if you have a different accent or a different way of dressing. >> what were the parents' reactions to writing the stories? >> the parent's -- you asked me about the students and how they felt, and i basically found the students by asking their teachers that question but then i narrowed it down by looking for kids who really wanted to talk to me. it wasn't enough i found their stories interesting. i wanted them to find my projects interesting to note that the would be with me for the long haul. and so the students who came to me and were in
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they were responsible for the changes of a major united states cities, like los angeles, which would have continued to disregard the federal requirements to give full treatment to of its wastewater, which it wasn't doing. he'll do they really pushed not for more sophisticated environmental movements. the movement grew. they were able to do something. as everyone has pointed out, it is not just on the individual side. if you can focus on something they think is important, maybe get together with some friends and see how you can put pressure to change our behavior, whether it is buying publicproducts at the market or replacing things. i also think it is important to focus that businesses are doing this too. apple unveiled their third ipad. i don't know what version they are on now. there is a reason why. businesses need to grow more this year than it did the year before. our economy needs to do the same things. it is not enough to have these conversations individually or within our community. we really are going to have to have very good questions about how we want to structure society
they were responsible for the changes of a major united states cities, like los angeles, which would have continued to disregard the federal requirements to give full treatment to of its wastewater, which it wasn't doing. he'll do they really pushed not for more sophisticated environmental movements. the movement grew. they were able to do something. as everyone has pointed out, it is not just on the individual side. if you can focus on something they think is important, maybe get together with...
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from the united states. we had no nearby bases to do over flights, it was all based on hearsay or secondhand mostly. the military did their best to track the japanese ships in the pacific but be would frequently lose track of them. we attempted to track japanese ship movements but also lost track of those as well. there's probably a little bit of that. the definitely, it was a failure of imagination on the part of everybody in america to imagine that a japanese armada could sail thousands of miles, stop in the middle of the pacific to refuel and then steam up again and make the this way all the bay undetected because, you know, we forget that pan-am, for instance, had routine over flights between san francisco and the philippines and other parts of the pacific. there were commercial vessels and fishing ships that operated there. there are naval ships that operated there. and so i think there was partially an assumption that nobody could get away with this. >> you can watch this and other programs online at b
from the united states. we had no nearby bases to do over flights, it was all based on hearsay or secondhand mostly. the military did their best to track the japanese ships in the pacific but be would frequently lose track of them. we attempted to track japanese ship movements but also lost track of those as well. there's probably a little bit of that. the definitely, it was a failure of imagination on the part of everybody in america to imagine that a japanese armada could sail thousands of...
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the united states and capitalism, competition between the united states and communism. there doesn't seem to be -- there doesn't seem to be a need for competitiveness. there is no competition out. >> the question is back then we were in competition for sure. it was a military contest. right now we have an economic competition going on with china. i would not quite say there is a military conflict there, but i can tell you this, i have actually fantasized about this, getting back to the military driver. i wanted to go visit the heads of state of china. and i want to whisper to them. i need you to leak a memo. [laughter] it doesn't even have to be true, just leaked a memo that says you want to put military bases on mars. [laughter] we would be on mars in two years. you know how easy that would be in china? mars is already read, write? you can mark that. you got that one. competition does sort of fuel fires with regard to the collaboration on the space station, collaboration, i think, is better than non-collaborating, if you see any of those other countries as your economi
the united states and capitalism, competition between the united states and communism. there doesn't seem to be -- there doesn't seem to be a need for competitiveness. there is no competition out. >> the question is back then we were in competition for sure. it was a military contest. right now we have an economic competition going on with china. i would not quite say there is a military conflict there, but i can tell you this, i have actually fantasized about this, getting back to the...
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so the quibble is he mentioned in passing that human cloning is banned in the united states. back to my knowledge is just not true. federal funding is prohibited from going to human cloning and the same way under the dickey wicker, other programs -- >> you may be correct on that. my knowledge is that cloning for the purpose of creating a new human being is illegal. that was my understanding of it. am i not right about that? >> i'm happy to chat some more afterwards. >> there was a moratorium on it, but i don't think it's been banned. >> there's no law against it. >> thank you for correcting that. >> so want to linger with little more on the bioethics site now, you know, one of my problems with the kind of pro-science, anti-science rubric that a few other people have quibbled with comes from looking at what the policies are better described as being pro-science or anti-science. see you presented president obama stem cell policy to give a summary of president bush's stem cell policy, which is your birthday noted was derided at the time by a critic, including many scientists act
so the quibble is he mentioned in passing that human cloning is banned in the united states. back to my knowledge is just not true. federal funding is prohibited from going to human cloning and the same way under the dickey wicker, other programs -- >> you may be correct on that. my knowledge is that cloning for the purpose of creating a new human being is illegal. that was my understanding of it. am i not right about that? >> i'm happy to chat some more afterwards. >> there...
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threat to the united states is we don't have -- of some kind. we have a country that is divided and it has big ideological differences. it's been unable to get together and come up with cohesive policies and some understanding on so many issues including economic policy. you know, i won't get up on the soapbox and maybe i ought to stop but unless the selection and i'm not saying who wins, but it has some affecting kind of waking up the country and saying, we have got to move together and we have got to deal with the most obvious things. we have got to deal with this most enormous budget over a period of time but this will have something to do with the so-called entitlement. some of their leaning very hard on social security and a we have revenue policy and we have got to face those two problems and many others and get together within the next six months or eight months to demonstrate that we can do it. because we don't give any confidence to anybody including me, and that is a sad story. i don't expect other people -- >> again in writing this bo
threat to the united states is we don't have -- of some kind. we have a country that is divided and it has big ideological differences. it's been unable to get together and come up with cohesive policies and some understanding on so many issues including economic policy. you know, i won't get up on the soapbox and maybe i ought to stop but unless the selection and i'm not saying who wins, but it has some affecting kind of waking up the country and saying, we have got to move together and we...
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but rickover wasn't as interested in keeping up with the ss united states. he went to newport news ship building afterwards, the company that built the united states, and said, you know who i am. can you please tell me what her stop speed is. so the shipyard official says, let me ask up the food chain. admiral rickover, i have some bad news. you're not on the need to know list. and knowing rickovers temper, he did not take that very well. >> talk about that for a bit, especially the steinway incident. >> gibbs always felt that fire at sea was a bigger danger than sinking, and he was terrified of fire breaking out on his ships. he was fascinated with fire. he and his brother would galavant throughout the city, when they heard a fire, the coachman would wake up the boys, and say, come on, there's a fire, let's take a look. so he was fast nighted by fire since he was a kid. the disaster that really shaped him took place not -- right off the jersey shore, asbury park, a steamship designed by a rival was coming back from a pleasure cruise in cuba. the captain was
but rickover wasn't as interested in keeping up with the ss united states. he went to newport news ship building afterwards, the company that built the united states, and said, you know who i am. can you please tell me what her stop speed is. so the shipyard official says, let me ask up the food chain. admiral rickover, i have some bad news. you're not on the need to know list. and knowing rickovers temper, he did not take that very well. >> talk about that for a bit, especially the...
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because the united states needs to retain a strong moral component in the united states has been a moral compass for the world with the power from the end of the 19th century but we need to buy a happy medium. even if we don't agree with the nature of government. at the same time being unabashed to express our disapproval or violation of what we considered to be moral standards of behavior. but to be somewhat more tolerant and ready to work with receives we will do much better to build a coalition against those regimes that gives much more moral persuasion than where we are now. to 88 the russians, the tidies i ain't the russians were on the excusable but why did that happen? one final comment. united states but through encouragement and inducement. over the last few decades we have lost to some extent our sense of proportion and our ability. my worry what an iraq and afghanistan say is that we are last resort. to go into countries very different me an associate economically is the bridge to par and a black hole to the united states. the need to find a happy medium. >> as we talk about w
because the united states needs to retain a strong moral component in the united states has been a moral compass for the world with the power from the end of the 19th century but we need to buy a happy medium. even if we don't agree with the nature of government. at the same time being unabashed to express our disapproval or violation of what we considered to be moral standards of behavior. but to be somewhat more tolerant and ready to work with receives we will do much better to build a...
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europe, unlike the united states, unlike the united states never allowed the waves of anti communism to decimate the organization that had built up their left and during the great depression. we had in the united states three organizations in the great depression that changed everything. the c i o, industrial organizations, organized people into unions in a way that we never had before or since. that was the greatest wave of unionization the united states ever seen. in the depths of the depression. think about the difference between then and now. in the depths of the depression millions of americans decided they wanted to join a union and they did so on a scale we had never had before or since. the second big organization was the socialist party's and the third was the american communist party who were coordinated with the cio and the joint membership and so on. very powerful organizations parallel to what you have in europe but after the war everything changed. if i could take a moment to explain why. roosevelt comes to power, the depression is underway three years, he runs on a bal
europe, unlike the united states, unlike the united states never allowed the waves of anti communism to decimate the organization that had built up their left and during the great depression. we had in the united states three organizations in the great depression that changed everything. the c i o, industrial organizations, organized people into unions in a way that we never had before or since. that was the greatest wave of unionization the united states ever seen. in the depths of the...
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president, is the muslim brotherhood a threat to the united states? the muslim brotherhood is a sworn enemy of the united states at the last talked about how they were nonviolence. watch what they do in egypt now that they have power that were nonviolence thing out the window. if you're a christian in egypt, you better pack your bags and skedaddle now. this is curtains for you. when romney asked that question, he tapped danced and didn't answer correctly. of course the muslim brotherhood is a direct threat to the united states. my view of governor romney is that even though he hasn't gotten into it in a lot of detail, his instincts on this are absolutely right. we just have to hope he's going to be better anyway in a million different ways, but we have to hope that once he gets sent he will root out a branch that is the mess that is in fact dead the federal government in so many ways. we see the new york city with the best car terrorism department apart from the fbi and the cia. we have it here and how to left is trying take care associated for the mu
president, is the muslim brotherhood a threat to the united states? the muslim brotherhood is a sworn enemy of the united states at the last talked about how they were nonviolence. watch what they do in egypt now that they have power that were nonviolence thing out the window. if you're a christian in egypt, you better pack your bags and skedaddle now. this is curtains for you. when romney asked that question, he tapped danced and didn't answer correctly. of course the muslim brotherhood is a...
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basically the sherlock holmes of the united states. he had made himself quite rich by taking gives. roosevelt just could not tolerate that kind of behavior. wanted harsher punishments, of promotions to be based on merit. he began telling reporters he wanted all laws enforced and police conduct rules enforced. he was likes psoralen trying to sleep the corrupt era out of 300 mulberry street. you just can't imagine the courage of a man to come into a city this corrupt and used to doing a certain way. and with this just reckless reform attitude change the whole place. it is just amazing. anyhow, arthur brisbane was a front-page item ten days into a residence to year. and he said, we have a real police commissioner. his name is theodore roosevelt. they "must be the police his feelings when he comes up for trouble for a man like roosevelt he speaks english accurately. he does not say eidetic or seen it. he tax much more like a boston man are englishmen that endear police commissioner. his voice is the policeman's artists trial. an exasperated voice, a sharp voice to arrest the voice of vo
basically the sherlock holmes of the united states. he had made himself quite rich by taking gives. roosevelt just could not tolerate that kind of behavior. wanted harsher punishments, of promotions to be based on merit. he began telling reporters he wanted all laws enforced and police conduct rules enforced. he was likes psoralen trying to sleep the corrupt era out of 300 mulberry street. you just can't imagine the courage of a man to come into a city this corrupt and used to doing a certain...
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the threat is here in the united states. the muslim brotherhood, you're absolutely right, as i mentioned two top mb. president bush in the second term goon make the mistake and start doing the outreach to muslim brotherhood and other islamists groups bringing them inspect the fbi, cia, white house. so the infull traition has been going on for quite awhile. it's serious business. we need a president who is going to be able to take this on and not worry about the political correctness. the reason -- one the huge reasons we're in the mess because president bush and president obama for slightly different reasons, the political correctness aspect has driven a lot of it. we're doing muslim voted reach. it's not a war against islam. we need a president and leadership here who can identify who is the enemy, cho who is the threat how we're going to deal with it. bill oh o rely asked mr. president is the muslim brotherhood a threat to the united states? they are a sworn enemy of the united states. there's a lot of talk about how they
the threat is here in the united states. the muslim brotherhood, you're absolutely right, as i mentioned two top mb. president bush in the second term goon make the mistake and start doing the outreach to muslim brotherhood and other islamists groups bringing them inspect the fbi, cia, white house. so the infull traition has been going on for quite awhile. it's serious business. we need a president who is going to be able to take this on and not worry about the political correctness. the reason...
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there's a lot of stuff in there about the united states and iraq in their infancy together. there is also the aftermath of conflict, which was cool and you can't help but wonder the point. >> there is a line in your book were where you reach the point of pointlessness. it is a little bit despairing. >> yeah, almost no matter what the conflict is borne out, that is the result. loose things about extremity. people you know. you wonder exactly how you can account, how can you reckon not with something which we essentially considered that point to be an unjust mission entered in for the wrong reasons. justified after a long period of occupation. people were still dying. there was a complacency at home because we support the troops, but they didn't and the war. there was the strange conflict between those two feelings. you couldn't tell which was a real feeling. no one forced it to end. in fact, it was increased as time went on. it was a time for confusion. a lot of people, well, i signed up to fight. hopefully i would go on to a noble mission. and that was the hope. >> in 2004,
there's a lot of stuff in there about the united states and iraq in their infancy together. there is also the aftermath of conflict, which was cool and you can't help but wonder the point. >> there is a line in your book were where you reach the point of pointlessness. it is a little bit despairing. >> yeah, almost no matter what the conflict is borne out, that is the result. loose things about extremity. people you know. you wonder exactly how you can account, how can you reckon...
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that's about $3,000 for everyone in the united states. that's a lot of money. they have to borrow that next year just to pay for what's going on. and how they're going to do that, how they arrange it, i don't know. it's going to be, you know, i may have my second book. go ahead. >> hi. in your interviews and in your research, i was wondering how much you came across discussions among the leadership about dealing with the serious problem of jobs in this country. because we're in a second major depression many say since the great -- and it's sort of contrary or contradictory to be concerned about the budget deficit where you'd be taking steps that have a negative effect on the economy, so how much did that take effect -- >> excellent question. and, of course, you create jobs by growing the economy, and you have to not only grow the economy, you need to stable i'd it -- stabilize it. you can't have the situation we're in where the interest rates are right in the basement. and as someone says, you can't jump out of the basement. that's as low as it is. and if peopl
that's about $3,000 for everyone in the united states. that's a lot of money. they have to borrow that next year just to pay for what's going on. and how they're going to do that, how they arrange it, i don't know. it's going to be, you know, i may have my second book. go ahead. >> hi. in your interviews and in your research, i was wondering how much you came across discussions among the leadership about dealing with the serious problem of jobs in this country. because we're in a second...
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states and had an incredible reputation but he had made himself quite rich by taking gifts, roosevelt was -- could not tolerate that behavior. roosevelt wanted harsher punishment. he wanted all promotions based on merit. he began telling reporters he wanted all was enforced and call police conduct rules and forced. he was a whirlwind trying to street -- sweet the corrupt area. you can't imagine the courage of the man to come into a city this corrupt intent on turning around. arthur brisbane wrote a front-page item ten days into roosevelt's tenure for the new york world saying we have a real police commissioner named theodore roosevelt. think what must be the policeman's feelings when he comes up for trial before a man like roosevelt. roosevelt speak english accurately. he does not say i'd done it for i seen it. he talks like a boston man or and englishmen more than a new york police commissioner. roosevelt's voice is the policeman's hardest trial. an exasperated she -- sharp voice. a voice that comes from his teeth and seems to say what do you amount to any way? in the gold they is th
states and had an incredible reputation but he had made himself quite rich by taking gifts, roosevelt was -- could not tolerate that behavior. roosevelt wanted harsher punishment. he wanted all promotions based on merit. he began telling reporters he wanted all was enforced and call police conduct rules and forced. he was a whirlwind trying to street -- sweet the corrupt area. you can't imagine the courage of the man to come into a city this corrupt intent on turning around. arthur brisbane...
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suddenly the stakes are a lot lower for the united states. the predator. fighting in entire war with the drone with a few missiles on it. >> you get into that. in a very concrete way the issue of what they were actually trying to produce an area 51 all looks like, why wouldn't we want that in one way. then there is the other side, well, once you open that door we certainly did and i wonder whether we can actually close pandora's box now. i know you are appealing for the constitution about the way the nets should operate, but do you really think that that can -- isn't that pie in the sky, that hope? >> constantly working on hopeless causes. seventeen years trying to get a genetic discrimination bill passed in congress which ultimately happened. i think the fact that in your we do -- there are more protections. you can find out what companies know about you and an austrian law student wrote to facebook and requested information and get a pds with 1500 files. you have certain rights to collect. the big issue, whether some, this being capitalist countries, a m
suddenly the stakes are a lot lower for the united states. the predator. fighting in entire war with the drone with a few missiles on it. >> you get into that. in a very concrete way the issue of what they were actually trying to produce an area 51 all looks like, why wouldn't we want that in one way. then there is the other side, well, once you open that door we certainly did and i wonder whether we can actually close pandora's box now. i know you are appealing for the constitution about...